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Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao met face to face at the kickoff press conference for their May 2 super fight for welterweight and pound-for-pound supremacy in Los Angeles. See what Mayweather, Pacquiao, Freddie Roach and Bob Arum had to say to the assembled sports and entertainment media from around the world.

Bob Arum and Oscar De La Hoya are doing a terrible job of behaving like promoters. Nevertheless, the Tim Bradley-Diego Chaves card in Las Vegas on Saturday promises to be a good one. Photos by Chris Farina/Top Rank.

You’d never know it from the photos, but these two friendly fellows will attempt to beat the hell out of each other for a third time on Jan. 24. Mike Alvarado-Brandon Rios III will take place in Alvarado’s hometown outside of Denver.

Kubrat Pulev is fuming after members of his promotional group, Sauerland Event, were denied access to the final press conference for his bout with RING heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko on Monday afternoon.

RingTV’s Alan Massengale spoke with Tim Bradley about his loss to Manny Pacquiao and his Dec. 13 showdown with Diego Chaves at the kick-off press conference for the HBO-televised fight. Massengale also spoke to Mauricio Herrera and Jose Benavides Jr., who fight in the co-featured bout at The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas.

The talking heads get their last moment in the spotlight before Saturday’s action in Carson, Calif., where middleweight ogre Gennady Golovkin will face the experienced fists of Marco Antonio Rubio for the WBO title. Photos by Naoki Fukuda.

The final press conference for the Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Marcos Maidana rematch will be streamed live today beginning at 1:00 p.m. PT/4:00 ET, and can be viewed on Sports.SHO.com/live, the Showtime Sports YouTube channel, www.mayweatherpromotions.com & www.goldenboypromotions.com.

Manny Pacquiao and Chris Algieri hit New York on Thursday with only one day left to go on their 27,000-mile promotional tour. It’s been exhausting for both, but while Pacquiao is somewhat used to the drill, Algieri says the experience has been an education in many ways.